A festive take on the Mad Hatter’s Tea, Sanderson London: Regular readers of London-Unattached may have noticed that I love afternoon tea. Sanderson London has been running their Mad Hatter’s afternoon tea for some time now, although it has evolved over time. This year they are introducing a Christmas variation, the Mad Hatter’s Christmas Afternoon Tea, […]
The Beauty of Bermondsey – Staycation at Bermondsey Square Hotel
Bermondsey Square Hotel and the Bermondsey Antiques Market: A charming part of London, Bermondsey is somewhere that would probably not have been on your radar twenty years ago or so. There are several parts of London which, when I first moved here, were so unfashionable as to be totally unknown even to someone as démodé […]
Italian Afternoon Tea at Baglioni Hotel London
Baglioni Hotel, London – Stile Italiano I have a bit of a thing about afternoon tea. There’s nothing I enjoy more than spending the afternoon indulging in a glass of fizz, a cup of freshly brewed tea, sandwiches, scones and of course those all-important sweet pastries and cakes. While an Italian afternoon tea seems just […]
Basque Afternoon Tea at Como The Halkin Hotel
An afternoon tea with a difference at Como, The Halkin: It’s around a year since I was at The Halkin for lunch. Ametsa with Arzak instruction already has one Michelin star and is the London offshoot of one of the most famous restaurants in the Basque region of Spain – three-Michelin-starred Arzak. And, as I discovered on […]
The Petersham Revisited
Location, Location, Location – Dining at The Petersham The Petersham dining room does have something of a strategic advantage – dining looking out through floor to ceiling windows, at the view of the Thames which inspired Turner to paint the meadows is always a joy. I last visted The Petersham in the summer, before the recent […]
Afternoon Tea at Dukes London
A Classic London Afternoon Tea at Dukes Hotel: Doesn’t everyone love afternoon tea? Those dainty little sandwiches with their crusts cut off, scones with clotted cream and then cakes to finish things off. Dukes London is a luxury, boutique hotel just off St James’s Park. It’s the sort of place that looks as if it […]